Familiares y amigos
Repaso: Nouns, adjectives, and gustar
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• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Gustar
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Familiares y amigos
Nouns
• Nouns for people have natural gender.
• Other nouns have gender based on their endings. Still
other nouns have gender that must be memorized.
• To form the plural of a noun, add -s to a word ending in a
vowel and -es to a word ending in a consonant.
Masculine
male person
amigo(s)
masculine based on ending
libro(s)
gender must be memorized
papel(es)
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Familiares y amigos
Nouns
• Nouns for people have natural gender.
• Other nouns have gender based on their endings. Still
other nouns have gender that must be memorized.
• To form the plural of a noun, add -s to a word ending in a
vowel and -es to a word ending in a consonant.
Feminine
amiga(s)
female person
mesa(s)
feminine based on ending
clase(s)
gender must be memorized
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Familiares y amigos
Adjectives
• Adjectives agree with nouns in gender and number.
• Many adjectives end in -o or -r for masculine and -a or -ra
for feminine. Other adjectives end in -e or other
consonants for both masculine and feminine.
• To make an adjective plural, add -s to a vowel or -es to a
consonant.
-o changes to -a
same form for m. and f.
Masculine
Feminine
bueno(s)
buena(s)
grande(s)
intelectual(es)
grande(s)
intelectual(es)
Familiares y amigos
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Gustar
• To say what you or others like, use this formula: